Clasp for holding cuffs



(No Model.)

-M. M. HITT.

CLASP FOR HOLDING UUPFS.

No. 005,001. Patented 08 10.0, 1004.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAROELLUS MONROE HI'IT, OF LURAY, VIRGINIA.

CLASP FOR HOLDING CUFFS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,001, dated September 9, 1884. Application filed July 19, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARcELLUs Mormon HITT, of Luray, in the county of Page and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps for Holding Cuffs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clasps; audits objects are, first, to establish unison of action between normally-separate articles; second, to dispense with means for attaching the cuff to the shirtsleeve; third, to expose uniformlya section of the cuff regardless of the location of the coat-sleeve relatively to the arm; fourth, to permit of grasping an article perpendicularly to the point of attachment; fifth, to obviate unfastening the cuff when removing the coat; and, sixth, to accomplish these ends with simplicity of structure.

I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention, showing one of its uses by means of the broken portion. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of the same, and Fig. 3 represents a modification thereof.

A represents the upper, and I the lower, dentated jaw of the clasp.

B is a pin, one end of which is rigidly and the other removably inserted in the casing J. It is bent centrally to form a spring, K, to produce the-elastic action essential to a subserviency of the function incident to it.

C is the cuff.

D is the coat-sleeve.

E represents the notches or teeth terminally formed on the jaws A I, and by reason of which retention of an intermediate article is expense of production is lessened, while on the other hand a'preference for a terminal location of the pin would involve but a slightlyincreased cost.

Gr represents a recess formed by bending over the end of the jaw I, to permit the formation of a swivel-joint by inserting the lower parallel bar of the pin B.

H represents the end of the upper jaw, A, to which power may be applied to induce the operation of the clasp.

It will be understood that, though the invention is shown as applied to the inner lining of a coat-sleeve for the purpose of causing the cuff to which the clasp is affixed to move synchronously with the coat-sleeve in any direction, and thus uniformly show a section of 65 the cuff regulated by the location of the clasp, its ability to subserve similar functions indifferent offices is herein claimed.

By employing the modification illustrated in Fig. 3, a clinched pin serves to unite the counterpart jaws. In either case the axis is encircled by a spring whose ends abut against the opposite inner faces of the jaws to cause the automatic grasping and detention of the material inserted between them.

It is apparent that by the use of this invention no means of attaching the cuff to the shirtsleeve are needed, and hence a prolific source of annoyance is avoided. The pin is inserted anywhere in the coat-sleeve and the amount of exposure of the cuff is regulated by the location of the clasp relatively to the cuff, in whose longitudinal upper end the former is inserted.

Having thus fully desoibed my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a clasp composed of two dcntated jaws united by a spring-encircled axis, having an elastic pin annexed thereto, in the manner illustrated and for the purpose specified.

2. The jaws A I, terminally dentated, and having bearings F F, in combination withthe pin 13 and easing J.

3. The pin 13, rigidly held at one end and removably inserted at the other in the casing J, and bent to form a spring, K, in combination with the jaws A I, formed as described, pivoted on a spring-encircled axis, whereby two objects can be fastened together perpen In testimony that I claim the foregoing as dicnlarly to each other. my own I ztffix my signature in presence oi 4:- The jztws A I, terminally dentated, the two witnesses.

former having an operating-surface, H, hav- 5 ing perforated radial projections to form bear- MAROELLUS MONROE HITT.

ings F F, and united by a spring-encircled axis, in combination with the pin 13, whose WVitnesses: ends are socketed respectively rigidly and re S. J. RIGHEY, movably in the casing J, and centrally bent G. T. BARBER [O to form a spring, K. 

